Eric Gofreed
Well-Known Member
It’s Winged Wednesday, where feathers, flutters, and flight steal the show! Whether it chirps, buzzes, glides, or hovers—if it can get airborne, it belongs here.
This week is open to anything that takes to the air. Inspired by Jeffrey’s post last week, I’ll be sharing bird photos from my journey to the Pantanal in Brazil. All of this week’s images come from the river—where the sandbars, backwaters, and tangled banks kept surprising me. Every bend offered something new. Next week, we’ll climb into the canopy, where the colors get wilder and the birds get harder to find.
So whether you’re posting from your backyard or halfway around the world, we’d love to see what’s winging through your world.
Thanks for visiting, and thanks for playing Winged Wednesday!
White-throated Piping Guan
Not quite a turkey, not quite a peacock, and definitely not shy. Locally known as “jacupacu,” this rainforest oddball struts along branches like it owns the canopy. It’s technically a guan, but sounds like it’s trying to audition for a jungle percussion section.
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
A bird with bright legs and zero interest in subtlety. Often seen darting across roads or mudflats with the urgency of someone who’s late for a meeting they forgot they scheduled. Loud, colorful, and strangely elegant for something that runs like a wind-up toy.
Wattled Jacana
These birds walk on floating vegetation using toes that look comically oversized—nature’s version of snowshoes. Known as “lily trotters,” jacanas pull off the impossible: making tiptoeing across a pond look both graceful and mildly ridiculous.
Black-collared Hawk
Equal parts fisherman and showman. This raptor prefers perches near water, scanning for fish with a stare that says, “Don’t blink.” When it finally dives, it does so with talons forward and no wasted motion. Catch first, pose later.
Pied Plover (a.k.a. Pied Lapwing)
Not actually a plover (because bird names love to mislead), but charming nonetheless. The Pied Plover is technically a lapwing, a member of a group known for long legs, striking patterns, and feisty personalities. It hangs out along sandy riverbanks, flashing a clean tuxedo look and moving with the crisp confidence of a bird that knows it's photogenic—and isn’t above chasing off the competition when it feels like it.
This week is open to anything that takes to the air. Inspired by Jeffrey’s post last week, I’ll be sharing bird photos from my journey to the Pantanal in Brazil. All of this week’s images come from the river—where the sandbars, backwaters, and tangled banks kept surprising me. Every bend offered something new. Next week, we’ll climb into the canopy, where the colors get wilder and the birds get harder to find.
So whether you’re posting from your backyard or halfway around the world, we’d love to see what’s winging through your world.
Thanks for visiting, and thanks for playing Winged Wednesday!
White-throated Piping Guan
Not quite a turkey, not quite a peacock, and definitely not shy. Locally known as “jacupacu,” this rainforest oddball struts along branches like it owns the canopy. It’s technically a guan, but sounds like it’s trying to audition for a jungle percussion section.
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
A bird with bright legs and zero interest in subtlety. Often seen darting across roads or mudflats with the urgency of someone who’s late for a meeting they forgot they scheduled. Loud, colorful, and strangely elegant for something that runs like a wind-up toy.
Wattled Jacana
These birds walk on floating vegetation using toes that look comically oversized—nature’s version of snowshoes. Known as “lily trotters,” jacanas pull off the impossible: making tiptoeing across a pond look both graceful and mildly ridiculous.
Black-collared Hawk
Equal parts fisherman and showman. This raptor prefers perches near water, scanning for fish with a stare that says, “Don’t blink.” When it finally dives, it does so with talons forward and no wasted motion. Catch first, pose later.
Pied Plover (a.k.a. Pied Lapwing)
Not actually a plover (because bird names love to mislead), but charming nonetheless. The Pied Plover is technically a lapwing, a member of a group known for long legs, striking patterns, and feisty personalities. It hangs out along sandy riverbanks, flashing a clean tuxedo look and moving with the crisp confidence of a bird that knows it's photogenic—and isn’t above chasing off the competition when it feels like it.
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